Here's my latest commission, and although I live in California, and the client lives in the southeast USA, it was made with help from one of the best Judaica machine embroiderers on the planet, Marilyn Levy of Ontario, Canada. It's a tallit (prayer shawl) for a young man's bar mitzvah. 

Like all my commissions, this one started out with a  discussion with the young man's family. They wanted cotton, with a leafy design, in blue and grey, so I drew up choices.



They liked #1 best, the simple vines. What was most unusual - and why they ...

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added by Cathy Perlmutter 1 year, 3 months ago. under commission , jewish , judaica , machine embroidery , metallic thread , pomegranate guild of judaic needlework , prayer shawl , solid fabric , tallit